Young Israeli pianists Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg makes up this outstanding piano duo. They present three classical works and a contemporary piece on their demo CD from The Jerusalem Music Centre web site.

First up is the “Sonata in D major for two pianos k.448 (k.375A)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is in three movements and is one of the composer’s most high spirited works. The Allmusic guide tells me that this was the composition that was used in the testing that spawned The Mozart Effect.

Franz Schubert’s “Fantasia for piano, 4 hands in F minor, D. 940″ is considered his finest work for piano. It’s a surprisingly melancholy piece but eventually breaks out in pyrotechnics later in its four continuous movements. Claude Debussy is represented by “En Blanc et Noir”. Again according to Allmusic, this 1915 work cause the composer Saint-Saens to acclaim at its premiere, “One must at all costs bar the doors of the Institute to a gentleman capable of such atrocities!”. Finally, the piano duo ends with a contemporary work by Sergiu Natra written especially for Silver & Garburg.

The album is available as separate tracks in 128kbps MP3.

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